Director @PRISMEorg Associate Researcher @Univ_CotedAzur @TuftsUniversity NR Fellow @GulfStatesInst & Expert @ForumArmsTrade - Middle East, Global Security, IR
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🚨 Thrilled to announce that my book “Qatar and the UAE: Diverging Paths to Regional and Global Power” is coming out in early 2025. Pre-order it now at a special price!
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[CITATION] Le #Qatar 🇶🇦et les #Émirats🇦🇪, prêts à endosser un "leadership de transition" ? ⤵️
Lire l'article de @esoubrier, "Qatar et Émirats, miroirs d'une même ambition", publié dans le n° 4/2025 de @Pol_Etrangere ➡️ tinyurl.com/4ensn9vy
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VIDEO – Book Launch: Qatar and the United Arab Emirates: Diverging Paths to Regional and Global Power with @DBDesRoches, @esoubrier, and @kdiwaniya. agsi.org/events/book-launch-…
So excited to share this new opportunity with you!
The 2026 RIVIERA Program will focus on the theme Ecological (In)Securities in and with the Middle East
If you (or someone you know) are working on these issues, Imtake a look at the call and/or share it with your networks
🚨 Now open: applications for PRISME’s 2026 RIVIERA Program!
🌿 Theme: Ecological (In)Securities in & with the Middle East
🎓 Mentoring + publication + fully funded retreat in Nice
🗓️ Deadline: Dec 21, 2025
📄 Apply: prismeinitiative.org/partici…
Honored to see my book “Qatar and the UAE: Diverging Paths to Regional and Global Power” reviewed by Lisa Anderson @ForeignAffairs — “a timely and engaging” look at the prince-state dynamics shaping Gulf politics: foreignaffairs.com/reviews/q…
#Qatar #UAE #ForeignAffairs #GulfPolitics
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The UAE condemns Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “hostile remarks” against Qatar, adding that any attack on a Gulf state is an attack on the Gulf’s “joined security system,” UAE official Afra Al Hameli says.
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🚨 New publication! 🚨
In Defense & Security Analysis, I explore how 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia & 🇦🇪 UAE use defence industries as multi-level power strategies to secure regimes, hedge regionally, & reposition globally.
👉 Free access here (first 50): tandfonline.com/eprint/YKS5F…
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This is not just a gesture -- have never seen so high powered a #UAE delegation travel at such short notice.
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Thread of Gulf state formal reactions to the Israeli strike on Hamas officials in Doha. 🧵
#Statement | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemns and denounces, in the strongest possible terms, the brutal Israeli aggression and the blatant violation of the sovereignty of the State of Qatar. The Kingdom affirms its full solidarity and support for Qatar, placing all its capabilities at its disposal to assist in any measures it may take, while warning of the grave consequences of the Israeli occupation’s persistent criminal assaults and its blatant violations of the principles of international law and all international norms.
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From genocidal acts in the occupied land to deranged attacks across the region, Israel adds Doha to its list. This is an attack on all GCC states. It should be met with a clear response before it sets a precedent for what’s to come. Israel will not bully us. Solidarity w/ #Qatar
🚨 New publication! 🚨
In Defense & Security Analysis, I explore how 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia & 🇦🇪 UAE use defence industries as multi-level power strategies to secure regimes, hedge regionally, & reposition globally.
👉 Free access here (first 50): tandfonline.com/eprint/YKS5F…
Dr. Emma Soubrier (@esoubrier.bsky.social) retweeted
The strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites reinforced the need for institutionalized crisis management & cross-border nuclear governance.
In a memo for @PRISMEorg I outline a pragmatic framework for nuclear diplomacy between Iran, Saudi Arabia, & the UAE with feasible entry points for engagement.
prismeinitiative.org/publica…
In a fragile, interconnected #Gulf, nuclear escalation could mean ecological catastrophe. In his insightful #SALAM paper, @MehranHaghirian outlines cooperative solutions: joint safety protocols, shared R&D, environmental monitoring, and regional fuel mechanisms. Read here:
After June 2025 strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, Gulf nuclear diplomacy is at a crossroads. Can shared risks become a foundation for cooperation? Mehran Haghirian explores these issues in latest #SALAM paper prismeinitiative.org/publica… @MehranHaghirian #GulfSecurity #NuclearDiplomacy
Dr. Emma Soubrier (@esoubrier.bsky.social) retweeted
After June 2025 strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, Gulf nuclear diplomacy is at a crossroads. Can shared risks become a foundation for cooperation? Mehran Haghirian explores these issues in latest #SALAM paper prismeinitiative.org/publica… @MehranHaghirian #GulfSecurity #NuclearDiplomacy
Author copies arriving soon! Can’t wait to hold “Qatar and the UAE: Diverging Paths to Global and Regional Power” in my hands! Have you ordered (or read) your copy yet? Your thoughts and reviews mean a lot! Happy to send ordering links via Lynne Rienner or ScriptBooks (UK).
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Some key insights: “The most pragmatic path forward is one of segmented reciprocity (…) + “As highlighted in the broader #SALAM memo series, decentering the West’s securitized framing and enabling inclusive diplomacy is essential for long-term stability”
Iran’s nuclear strategy is shaped by mistrust, military threats & shifting alliances. In this new SALAM memo, Javad Heiran-Nia & Sharare Abdolhossein Zade argue: diplomacy must come first—before the spiral becomes irreversible. Read here: prismeinitiative.org/blog/na… @J_Heirannia
“The window for diplomacy narrowed, if not slammed shut. The memo revisits Iran’s strategic calculus at the time of Muscat talks and considers how rapidly evolving regional & global landscape, incl renewed threats of force, is reshaping Tehran’s nuclear options—and Washington’s.”
Iran’s nuclear strategy is shaped by mistrust, military threats & shifting alliances. In this new SALAM memo, Javad Heiran-Nia & Sharare Abdolhossein Zade argue: diplomacy must come first—before the spiral becomes irreversible. Read here: prismeinitiative.org/blog/na… @J_Heirannia
Dr. Emma Soubrier (@esoubrier.bsky.social) retweeted
Iran’s nuclear strategy is shaped by mistrust, military threats & shifting alliances. In this new SALAM memo, Javad Heiran-Nia & Sharare Abdolhossein Zade argue: diplomacy must come first—before the spiral becomes irreversible. Read here: prismeinitiative.org/blog/na… @J_Heirannia
Dr. Emma Soubrier (@esoubrier.bsky.social) retweeted
Recent framing of Iran as a threat to Europe despite limited missile range & lack of hostility reflects partial alignment w/ US policy incl. in parallel leniency toward Israel which damages credibility on international stage & accelerates erosion of global norms, @HFayet argues
Héloïse Fayet unpacks Iran’s evolving nuclear rhetoric, reflecting deep strategic recalibration “in response to erosion of its conventional deterrence, heightened regional insecurity, & perceived failure of international non-proliferation regime” @HFayet prismeinitiative.org/blog/ev…
A very insightful piece! “The rhetorical shift is both a signal to adversaries and a form of performative deterrence that mirrors escalation observed elsewhere, notably in nuclear-armed states.”
Héloïse Fayet unpacks Iran’s evolving nuclear rhetoric, reflecting deep strategic recalibration “in response to erosion of its conventional deterrence, heightened regional insecurity, & perceived failure of international non-proliferation regime” @HFayet prismeinitiative.org/blog/ev…
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Héloïse Fayet unpacks Iran’s evolving nuclear rhetoric, reflecting deep strategic recalibration “in response to erosion of its conventional deterrence, heightened regional insecurity, & perceived failure of international non-proliferation regime” @HFayet prismeinitiative.org/blog/ev…